The Parent's Guide to Piano
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Piano Quotes
"Intuition is important. So is talent. But a teacher, a guide who helps you unfold and develop is absolutely necessary. Also, that teacher has to be the right teacher for you."
"If you try to put into words what music is trying to say, then you have words, not music"
"It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself."
"To play without passion is inexcusable!" "
"There are two ways to teach the piano: One is to build up a student over a long period and be totally responsible for them, not only musically but psychologically so that the teacher is his confidant and his motivator. The other way is to teach master classes."
"Although I had begun to study the piano at age six, as time went on I composed, I painted, I read avidly and, of course, wrote poetry."
"Audiences have their effect on one's playing. I can sense that the communication isn't going well, but I don't know whether I'm not playing well or the audience is not responsive."
"You can't express yourself genuinely if you are trying too hard not to make mistakes."
"Such magic occurs when we let boundaries between us dissolve and give ourselves over to the passion of making music"
"From an early age, I was taught to approach the keys very delicately on the keyboard and to feel all the subtle differences between the various touches"
"I'm sure there are many artists who can't build successful careers because no one is encouraging or pushing them along the way."
"My teacher was against tours as such; he simply didn't think that children should be exposed to that kind of life at the risk of missing the rest of their education"
"Young people can learn from my example that something can come from nothing. What I have become is the result of my hard efforts."
"I think that a large part of the problem in this country is that people are taught how to be taught by someone else, but they are not taught how to be their own teachers."
"Whenever one shows a talent at a very early age, as in my case, the feeling is that the music has chosen you"
"Whenever I perform, my happiness hangs on every note. Certainly there are times when I don't feel like playing but, once I'm on that stage, inspiration guides and lifts me."
"As a pianist, I was always lucky. You cannot realize what it means to me to leave the piano. It is like a day of sorrow. "
"If someone is listening I am no longer practicing, I am performing."
"I can't imagine practicing any other way, other than musically. You can't divorce or separate the technical demands from the musical demands. As a matter of fact, if you do, you are never going to master either."
"The fate of a child is in the hands of his parents"
"My two older sisters rushed home and took turns practicing on the piano. Then there was my mother's singing. She sang constantly. I could easily hear her powerful tones from a half-block away. I was constantly surrounded by music."
"Why the hell would a seven year old kid want to practice when he could be outside playing with his friends? If he has some inclination, some talent, its necessary to guide him."
"I wouldn't be a pianist today if my mother hadn't made me practice. I sometimes balked at doing it but I always loved to play the piano."